Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-15
death, her henedio.;.

lug lsh 81
now (, resting, 0bliteraiin, NJ; /.
all the hopes sickenej h. ''.a
deferred; the daily care
the petty joys Of Iors.y
over and above all the ers,.
lovingly thought plan.
should be when he rer,,n
was fated never to come 5,..
He placed the letter,
by as something holy. ,,3
might be contaminated by
of q stranger. Whose
this in the little, old.fs,sio.. a
hinged, square frame2 NJ
mother! Maybe his ovpi
sweet, piquant, rosy yonr,
touched with a hint n
looked at him with rog9..
which in vain had seam..
deavored to steal a touch ~
ness. And yet in that oi,i'
fashioned so prettiIy b
something undefned. Wa.
ness2 No. Was itsoleos
all. Was it womaov
That is rs near as he cogl3
words that underlying trait
painter was the arts, who A.
We are the creatures Of 4.
stance. On what trivial er.s,.
the foundations of our pne.
lives. A word, a hint.
encounter, or Al unpIannei nm
needed circumstance. ayer.ts.
of life's stream and sends Il
ing over unknown channels
again changed by like po,,
events. Little is thought 3oi
heed Is given to this pecu,
our journey here but it AM,
passing notion that there ma,
something in predestina,ion
all; and yet the occasion that w
the barrier that turned us a,iis !
be a chance itself. We woo1
but pass on to our hero and m
chance that led him astray
The letters, the papers, s1i
numerous little trinkets were
carefully away, but the pictuI
the fair young face found ps
his pocket, aud It's memory aeell
an undue portion Of his waki.gl
sleeping moments. What IA
purpose be had in this be cosiI
inform himself. Yet, in the Il
idleness that eusHed before
rival at New Orleans, gave
abundant opportunity TO t0h,,
most any foolish aud hsir.lul
scheme. 1t was ill-deined az "A
merely q supposition; then 2 4
then the question Of "ghy A
aud finally, though mot without
dry misgiyings and qualm, Of |
science, the final conclusion, 4
amounted to this: lie would
senate the brother, and she ip
should come to him, to be care
and cherished, aud finally,
hope Of all) to be hi. wife-waal
had confessed all and had been 1
forgiven.
We suspect that by this il
reader has a rather uailyoI
opinion of a person who col.i K
ously cogitate on such q scneaI
entrap a fair aud innocent gr /
a probably happy home; ba|
reader, like some other peH \
apt to judge somewhat hasa. 4
cat thoroughly examining zoe
misses, and we half way sa>ps
our hero could not b. easily 4
of many petty meannesse' iaa
tain persons with Thoughts
narrow and with c0usclenes'
haps more squeamish, could goal
plate aud conlrive wlth0u, 3He
themselves very materially a'
much of a man, stern and o0ilI
Ia dealing with the oo-J'e"
threw in his way, yet teo1.
child where suffering nd
Appealed for sympathy; ana
plans laid for the turtlenuc
tins newborn notion, there
a thought Of harm, only so
ouing aud blind desire iaf
session of her whose fair tl
takeu an unyielding hold Oh
aginauon. With all this 50"
gIed not a little Of tfe re-
passion for romance and
experiences which a HE o.
wandering had engeudersd J
heart.
On his arrival at New Dress
fciIin with a party OF milef
were bound for the iea1 l
the upper Mississippi when
then the wade Mecca Of
who al that time struck io'
United States. The realr'
remember that the gold a.D.'
California, which caused s-
eager rush from all part
world, had not yet been -l'-'
HIS own previous eAps.'
mining, together with tle Al''
Of his newly acquired Vol'f
enabled them Oh their affi''